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DBMS > 4D vs. ArangoDB vs. H2GIS vs. HugeGraph vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. ArangoDB vs. H2GIS vs. HugeGraph vs. TinkerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Spatial extension of H2A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comarangodb.comwww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
tinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.arangodb.comwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homehugegraph.apache.org/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
Developer4D, IncArangoDB Inc.CNRSBaidu
Initial release19842012201320182009
Current releasev20, April 20233.11.5, November 20230.9
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
JavaGroovy
Java
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJavaScriptyes infobased on H2asynchronous Gremlin script jobsno
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0noneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryes infobased on H2yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnovia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes infoedges in graphyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsyesyes infobased on H2Users, roles and permissionsno
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionArangoDBH2GISHugeGraphTinkerGraph
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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